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Corporate-Portal Companies
May Be Stock-Market Bargains

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John DodgeSpecial to The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition

Updated April 25, 2000 12:01 a.m. ET

When corporate-portal designer Viador Inc. reports first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, the numbers could be true to dot-com form: an operating loss exceeding revenues. But sales growth will almost certainly demonstrate the strength of the corporate and business-to-business portal market, where Viador has emerged as a strong player in a crowded field.

Viador executives liken their products to "Yahoo for the enterprise." Their corporate portals replace a stovepipe approach known as intranets and extranets, which sprang...